Poverty in Cambodia
Poverty in Cambodia is rife due to years of terrorism and civil war and corruption within the government. Forced evictions also have had an impact on the numbers of families living on the streets. While Cambodia is on a path to greater economic development, poverty is still widespread with 40 percent of the population living under the poverty line according to various UN agencies. Getty Images photographer Paula Bronstein provides an intimate look at poverty in the capital city phnom penh
A Cambodian woman offers prayer to a foreigner while asking for money
A mother feeds her baby while another one sleeps in the family cart Feb. 6, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. They sleep on the streets along with about 30 other families who survive by begging, collecting garbage and selling food
A mother sits on the street with her baby on Feb. 6, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. They sleep on the streets along with about 30 other families who survive by begging, collecting garbage and selling food
center, lives on the streets with his wife and child, he has been addicted to sniffing shoe glue since
ambodian children living in a cart wait while their mother fetches water as another girl pushes her drink cart down the streets of the capital city
